1984 Senior PGA Tour
The 1984 Senior PGA Tour was the fifth season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980. The season consisted of 22 official money events with purses totalling $4,366,000, including four majors. Miller Barber won the most tournaments, four. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1984 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold.Date | Tournament | Location | Purse | Winner | Score | 1st prize |
Jan 8 | Seiko-Tucson Senior Match Play Championship | Arizona | 306,000 | Gene Littler | 1 up | 100,000 |
Jan 22 | PGA Seniors' Championship | Florida | 200,000 | Arnold Palmer | 282 | 35,000 |
Mar 25 | The Vintage Invitational | California | 300,000 | Don January | 280 | 50,000 |
Apr 8 | Daytona Beach Seniors Golf Classic | Florida | 150,000 | Orville Moody | 213 | 22,500 |
Apr 22 | Senior PGA Tour Roundup | Arizona | 200,000 | Billy Casper | 202 | 30,000 |
May 6 | MONY Senior Tournament of Champions | California | 100,000 | Orville Moody | 288 | 30,000 |
Jun 3 | Gatlin Brothers Seniors Golf Classic | Nevada | 220,000 | Dan Sikes | 210 | 33,750 |
Jun 17 | Roy Clark Senior Challenge | Oklahoma | 200,000 | Miller Barber | 212 | 30,000 |
Jun 24 | Senior Tournament Players Championship | Ohio | 240,000 | Arnold Palmer | 276 | 36,000 |
Jul 1 | U.S. Senior Open | New York | 200,000 | Miller Barber | 286 | 36,448 |
Jul 8 | Greater Syracuse Senior's Pro Classic | New York | 200,000 | Miller Barber | 206 | 30,000 |
Jul 15 | Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative Pro-Am | Rhode Island | 150,000 | Roberto DeVicenzo | 206 | 22,500 |
Jul 29 | Denver Post Champions of Golf | Colorado | 200,000 | Miller Barber | 208 | 30,000 |
Aug 12 | du Maurier Champions | Canada | 225,000 | Don January | 194 | 33,750 |
Sep 3 | Citizens Union Senior Golf Classic | Kentucky | 175,000 | Gay Brewer | 204 | 26,050 |
Sep 9 | United Virginia Bank Seniors | Virginia | 200,000 | Dan Sikes | 207 | 30,060 |
Sep 16 | World Seniors Invitational | North Carolina | 150,000 | Peter Thomson | 281 | 25,000 |
Sep 23 | Digital Middlesex Classic | Massachusetts | 175,000 | Don January | 209 | 26,000 |
Oct 14 | Suntree Senior Classic | Florida | 150,000 | Lee Elder | 200 | 22,500 |
Oct 21 | Hilton Head Seniors International | South Carolina | 200,000 | Lee Elder | 203 | 30,000 |
Dec 2 | Quadel Seniors Classic | Florida | 200,000 | Arnold Palmer | 205 | 30,060 |
Dec 9 | General Foods PGA Seniors' Championship | Florida | 225,000 | Peter Thomson | 286 | 40,000 |
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Leaders
Scoring Average leadersRank | Player | Country | Average |
1 | Don January | 70.68 | |
2 | Miller Barber | 71.13 | |
3 | Peter Thomson | 71.59 | |
4 | Arnold Palmer | 71.80 | |
5 | Dan Sikes | 71.86 |
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Money List leaders
Rank | Player | Country | Earnings | Events | Wins |
1 | Don January | 328,597 | 17 | 3 | |
2 | Miller Barber | 299,099 | 22 | 4 | |
3 | Peter Thomson | 228,940 | 20 | 2 | |
4 | Arnold Palmer | 184,582 | 13 | 3 | |
5 | Orville Moody | 183,920 | 21 | 2 |
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Career Money List leaders
Rank | Player | Country | Earnings | Wins |
1 | Don January | 791,990 | 14 | |
2 | Miller Barber | 720,134 | 14 | |
3 | Arnold Palmer | 442,974 | 8 | |
4 | Billy Casper | 395,386 | 4 | |
5 | Gene Littler | 358,770 | 3 |
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